A Sample of Cooperative Conservation Case Studies

Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic

Project Name:: USDA, NRCS Partners with U.S. Army in New Jersey
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New Jersey
Summary:: Fort Dix and USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service have partnered for eight years to protect water quality at an active military training base.
Contact:: David Smart
State Resource Conservationist
USDA, Natural Resources Conservation Service
732-537-6051
david.smart@nj.usda.gov

Project Name:: Regional Restoration Initiative
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: Virginia, South-Central/South-West: Louisiana, Texas, Southeastern: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina
Summary:: The Longleaf Alliance serves as a clearinghouse for information on pine forests and as a catalyst for activities among its various partners in this effort.
Website:: www.longleafalliance.org
Contact:: Dean Gjerstad
Co-Director
The Longleaf Alliance
334-844-1020
gjerstad@auburn.edu

Project Name:: Wind Road Farms
Location:: Northeastern/Mid-Atlantic: New York
Summary:: Adjacent to another protected property, this project protects historic agricultural lands, and a significant portion of an extensive wetland system.
Website:: www.saratogaplan.org
Contact:: Alane Ball Chinian
Executive Director
Saratoga PLAN
518-587-5554
alane@saratogaplan.org

Southeastern

Project Name:: Rhyne Farm: Preserving the Past
Location:: Southeastern: North Carolina
Summary:: The 179-acre bicentennial Rhyne Farm has been farmed continuously for more than 200 years by the same family. The landowners partnered with the Conservancy in 2001 to conserve it and their heritage.
Website:: www.catawbalands.org
Contact:: Davis J. Cable
Executive Director
Catawba Lands Conservancy
(704) 342-3330
dave@catawbalands.org

Project Name:: Upper Coosawattee River Watershed
Location:: Southeastern: Georgia
Summary:: 15 local, state, federal, and non-profit groups form the Upper Coosawattee Alliance facilitates partnerships, identifies funding, and coordinates implementation activities to improve water quality.
Contact:: Larry Vanden Bosch
Director of Community and Development Services
North Georgia Regional Development Center
706-272-2300
dceds@ngrdc.org

Midwest/Northern High Plains

Project Name:: Restoration at Kankakee Sands
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Indiana
Summary:: Restoration of both hydrology and native plants on fragments of farmland will add to a mosaic of stream, wetland, prairie and savanna.
Website:: nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/indiana/preserves/art2375.html
Contact:: Gene Fleming
Chief, Environmental Formulation and Analysis Section, Planning Branch
US Army Corps of Engineers, Chicago District
(312) 846-5585
Eugene.J.Fleming@usace.army.mil

Project Name:: Wildlife Forever – Minnesota Twins Bass Fishing Classic
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Minnesota
Summary:: The Wildlife Forever - Minnesota Twins Bass Fishing Classic raises funds for natural resource conservation and youth education projects while promoting the conservation of Twin Cities Metro lakes.
Website:: www.wildlifeforever.org
Contact:: Pete Wuebker
Director of Marketing
Wildlife Forever
763-253-0222
pwuebker@wildlifeforever.org

Project Name:: Rocky Mountain Front Project
Location:: Midwest/Northern High Plains: Montana
Summary:: A cooperative project of ranchers, agencies and NGO's to protect the heritage and working landscape that is the last stonghold for grizzlies that use the prairies.
Website:: nature.org/wherewework/northamerica/states/montana/preserves/art6027.html
Contact:: Dave Carr
Project Director
The Nature Conservancy
406-443-0303
dcarr@tnc.org

South-Central/South-West

Project Name:: Houston Toad Recovery
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Recovery of the Houston toad by providing safe harbor assurances and incentives to private landowners for their participation in habitat restoration and enhancement.
Contact:: David Wolfe
Senior Scientist
Environmental Defense
512-691-3415
dwolfe@ed.org

Project Name:: Quivira Coalition
Location:: South-Central/South-West: New Mexico
Summary:: The Coalition fosters ecological, economic, and social health on western landscapes through education, innovation, collaboration, and progressive public and private land stewardship.
Website:: www.quiviracoalition.org
Contact:: Courtney White
Executive Director
Quivira Coalition
(505) 820-2544
executive@quiviracoalition.org

Project Name:: Rio Grande Riverpark
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: National Park Service convened the Riverpark Task Force, provided guidance on funding, and then actively engaged the community in trail design, construction, public art and celebrations.
Website:: www.nps.gov/rtca
Contact:: Paul Cusumano
Outdoor Recreation Planner
National Park Service
(505) 988-6093
paul_cusumano@nps.gov

Project Name:: Southern Arkansas Environmental Improvement Project
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Arkansas
Summary:: A complex partnership has significant success conducting outreach, monitoring cleanups, and conducting compliance inspections of past and present oil fields.
Contact:: Gary Looney
Manager-Permitting and Field Services
Arkansas Oil & Gas Commission
870-862-4965
gary@aogc.state.ar.us

Project Name:: Texas Hill Country Land Owner Conservation Assistance Program
Location:: South-Central/South-West: Texas
Summary:: Challenge is to restore and enhance habitat on ranchland that serves the needs of the Black Capped Vireo and the Golden-Cheeked Warbler, both listed species. All project sites are on private lands.
Contact:: Kim Sharp
Program Coordinator
Environmental Defense
512-478-5161
ksharp@ed.org

Far West

Project Name:: Endangered Species Conservation Partnership
Location:: Far West: Hawaii
Summary:: Marine Corps links training maneuvers to conservation by using amphibious assault vehicles to control invasive plant species to help restore the Hawaiian stilt.
Website:: www.fws.gov/endangered/pubs/marines.html
Contact:: Mr. Jeff Mikulina
Director
Sierra Club, Hawaii Chapter
808-538-6616
mikulina@lava.net

Project Name:: Washington State Military Sustainability Program
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: The military sustainability program uses a multi-stakeholder process to integrate conservation and sustainable land practices into military operations.
Website:: www.afcee.brooks.af.mil/sf/sed/
Contact:: Katherine Baril
Director
Washington State Governor Locke’s Institute for Sustainability and Innovation
360-379-5610 x202
kbaril@wsu.edu

Project Name:: Afognak Island Timber Road Removal
Location:: Far West: Alaska
Summary:: Afognak Island's wild salmon, Kodiak bears and Roosevelt Elk habitat within an active timber harvest region is being rapidly restored through road removal, tree replanting and disturbance reduction.
Website:: www.wildlifeforever.org
Contact:: Douglas H. Grann
President & CEO
Wildlife Forever
763-253-0222
dgrann@wildlifeforever.org

Project Name:: Cooperative Habitat Enhancement and Wildlife Management Project
Location:: Far West: Oregon
Summary:: North Fork John Day Weed Treatment #5 project treated 3,430 acres of noxious weed infestations on both Federal and private lands. Involved funding from RMEF, BMEI, Title II Grants, NFJD Watershed.
Contact:: Tom Thompson
Range Management Specialist
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service
(541) 427-5365
tdthompson@fs.fed.us

Project Name:: Cooperative Mountain Goat Habitat Modeling and Habitat Use and Sighting Surveys
Location:: Far West: Washington
Summary:: This project will use geospatial models of the North Cascade Range to analyze goat habitat selection, determine data collection methods, and assist tribes in mangement of resources.
Contact:: Scott Aikin

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
503-231-6123
scott_aikin@fws.gov

Project Name:: Sustaining Ecosystems, Fisheries, and Recreation, Channel Islands
Location:: Far West: California
Summary:: A 4-year effort to build a community consensus based on science for a reserve network successfully identified recovery goals for fisheries, biodiversity, education, economics, and heritage values.
Contact:: Gary E. Davis
Visiting Chief Scientist
National Park Service
805-658-5707
gary_davis@nps.gov

National

Project Name:: North American Waterfowl Management Plan
Location:: National
Summary:: Since 1986, joint venture partners have expended approximately $2.3 billion on habitat conservation projects, leveraging funds from multiple private, State and Federal sources.
Website:: birdhabitat.fws.gov/NAWMP/nort.htm
Contact:: Seth Mott
Chief, Branch of Science and Planning
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
703-358 1969
seth_mott@fws.gov

Current Conservation Programs